During sprint racing, dogs will burn energy at a rate 3 times greater during the initial burst of acceleration (first 7.5 seconds) compared to rate of burning energy during the rest of the run (up to 1 min).

Source:

R. Staaden, 1984

A dog’s muscles store 50x more energy as fat when compared to the total amount of carbohydrates stored in muscle as glycogen.

Source:

Internal calculation based on estimates of body fat and muscle glycogen content from Kobryn and Brzezinska, 1978

Most small dogs can jump 6 times higher than their hip height.

On a pound for pound basis, dogs can produce more muscle power in comparison to humans which is one reason they can jump so high and so far.

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